Bracelet.



C. R. TOST BRACELET.

APPLICATION FILED 8.11.1918.

1,285,843. Patented Nov. 26, 1918.

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CHARLES R. TOST, OF ORAN'STON, RHODE ISLAND, ASSIGNOR TO THE HADLEY COMPANY, OF PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND.

BRACELET.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 26, 1918.

Application filed April 11, 1918. Serial No. 227,854.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1. CHARLES R. Tom, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cranston, in the county of Providence and State of Rhode Island, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Bracelets, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in a bracelet, having particular reference to the individual link structure, and it has for its primary object to form the link in a simple and economical manner and at the same time to provide a construction which will be strongly reinforced and neat in appearance.

The invention further resides in an improved connection and spacer for the free ends of a pair of arms embodied in a link. as is hereinafter set forth in detail in the following specification, uccinctly defined in the appended claims, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings wherein Figure 1 is a longitudinal vertical section through a portion of a bracelet embodying the present invention.

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal horizontal, section of the same.

Fig. 3 is a plan of the blank from which the combined connector and spacer is constructed.

Fig. 4 is a. side elevation of the connector shaped and ready for applying to the link body, and

Fig. 5 is a longitudinal horizontal section of the link body, the free ends of which are joined together by the connector.

Referring more in detail to the drawings, the numeral 1 designates one end or base of a U-shaped link formed and stamped of sheet metal to provide a pair of opposing channeled arms 2 which have their opposite ends free and spaced apart, the arms being substantially parallel so as to guidingly receive aconnecting loop-like link 3. A projection 4: on the extremity of each arm 2, extends toward the opposite end of the link body and within the opposing hollow interiors of the arms, the free inner end portion 5 being deflected outwardly in a. divergent manner from the companion projection.

A combined connector and separator or spacer 6 of cruciform shape embodies a pair of oppositely extending wings 7 which have their outer end portions bent up and slightly turned inwardly, as depicted in Fig. 4, for

embracing the projections 4. The remaining pair of oppositely extending wings 8 are rolled over to form a cylinder 9 which is designed to act as a sustaining spacer between the free ends of the link arms.

In applying the connector, the blank illus trated in Fig. 3 is bent and shaped substantially as depicted in Fig. 4: after which the wings 7 are positioned in the pockets 10. By applying pressure as with a pair of pliers, the projections 4: and wings 7 will assume a secure and firm interlocking relation, and the outwardly facing cylinder 9 will be interposed between the adjacent ends of arms 2, serving not only as a sustaining spacer but also providing a filler for such intervening space and affording a neat finish to the lin As previously mentioned, these links are connected by a narrow link 3 which has one end slidably engaged in the slot defined by arms 2 of one link body and the opposite end formed with lateral projections 11 designed to cooperate with the channels of the arms of the adjacent link body.

A cylinder 12, formed from a pair of wings that extend from the opposite sides of the base 1, acts as a sustaining spacer between the adjacent ends of the arms and also as a support for one end of a coiled expansion spring 13 which is disposed within the links for exerting aforce against that end of link 3 which has sliding engagement with the particular link body. Consequently, the coiled springs yielclably hold the bracelet in its contracted form.

Each link has end reinforcement and a positive connection for the free ends of a U-shaped link body, which connection is simple and easily produced. The connector is so embodied within the link structure as to prevent easy rupturing of the same, as well as being concealed from view.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is- 1. A link for bracelets, comprising a U- shaped body formed of sheet metal bent to provide a pair of spaced and opposing channeled arms having terminals that first extend inwardly, then toward the opposite end of the body and thence outwardly, a connector plate having two wings which extend inwardly and engage over the terminals for interlocking therewith, a joining link of loop form guidingly received at one end between the arms of the body and adapted to be received between the arms of an adj aeent bod y for connecting the two bodies, and a coiled spring housed within the body for holding the joining link retracted.

2. A bracelet including a link comprising spaced side parts, and a cross-shaped connector plate having two opposite wings secured to and connecting the side parts at one end. the remaining two wings terminating in tubular parts located between the side parts hserve as a sustaining spacer therefor.

3. A link for bracelets, comprising a U- shaped body formed of sheet metal bent to provide a pair of spaced and opposing channeled arms having terminals that first extend inwardly, then toward the opposite end of the body and thence outwardly, a connec tor plate of cruciform shape having two 0pposing wings which extend inwardly and engage over the terminals for interlocking therewith, the other two opposing wings terminating in tubular parts located between the adjacent ends of the arms for sustaining the latter in spat ed relation.

r. A link for bracelets, comprising a U- shaped body formed of sheet metal bent to provide a pair of spaced and opposing channeled arms having terminals that first extend inwardly then toward the opposite end or the body and thence outi'vardly, and means for interlockingly connecting the projections Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner and positively holding the adjacent ends of the arms spaced apart.

A bracelet including a link comprising spaced side parts, an integral connection therebetween at one end, a connector plate located at the opposite end for connecting the side parts, and sustaining spacers carried by the two means of connection.

6. In a bracelet, a link having spaced parts arranged side by side and formed at one end with inturned projections, a connecting member having inturned ends pressed into interlocking relation with the projections. and means acting as a sustaining spacer between the spaced parts at said end.

7. A bracelet including a link comprising spaced sheet metal side parts having hollow inner faces opposing one another, a joining loop for connecting adjacent links baring one end. operable between the side parts ot eaclrlink, and an expansion spring of greater diameter than the space between the edges of the side parts, said spring disposed within the hollow inner face of the latter and acting to hold the bracelet contracted.

In testimony whereof I llflYQ signed my name to this specifixation in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

CHARLES it. TOSI.

-Witnesses ADA E. I-Lxennry, J. A. MILLER.

of Patents,

Washington, D. C. 

